Tempting the Fire: A Rouge Paranormal Romance

Oct 4, 2024 7:25 PM

Author:Sydney Croft

Extreme heat. Extreme hunger. A jungle eden ablaze with temptation.

Deep in the Brazilian rain forest, a sinister and superhuman creature has nearly wiped out a team of Navy SEALs leaving sole survivor Chance McCormack and sending shockwaves through the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives (ACRO). Now agents Sela Kahne and Marlena West must head into the unforgiving jungle in pursuit of the mythical monstrosity with a taste for human blood.

Sela, an expert in cryptozoology, and Marlena make contact with Chance in the hope of tracing the creature. Meanwhile, Logan Mills, the man who rescued Chance, is already leading his private company of men on a hunt that has nothing to do with saving lives. However Sela, determined to extract information about the monster they are seeking, has a supernatural talent that she will put to work on Logan; when she makes love to a man, she engulfs his innermost thoughts.

But in this sweat-drenched realm of danger and deception, Logan is more than just a passive target. He has the power to lead a highly-trained seducer into a jungle without any rules, without any limits - and no end to the heat.

Reviews

Compelling, exotic and fast-paced: a wonderful story of love and death that transports you into a forgotten world

—— Vanora Bennett

It is as if Henry VIII, Mary and Elizabeth were combined into one character, and unleashed for the first time: so much more fun than another Boleyn book

—— Independent

Speedy, gripping, historical fiction

—— Marie Claire

Clothier has a good story, a vigorous style and well-turned phrase

—— Times Literary Supplement

This series is more addictive than chocolate

—— Huntress Reviews

Nonstop action that will keep you guessing

—— Night Owl Reviews

A thoroughly enjoyable magical mystery

—— Locus Magazine

Looks set to be this summer's One Day...a delight

—— NET-A-PORTER

My top tip for 2012's runaway success, with a very clever twist on the age old story of boy meets girl

—— Henry Sutton , Daily Mirror

...[one of] this year's coolest must-reads

—— Stylist

Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable . . . engrossing . . . immediate and familiar

—— The New Yorker

Mesmerising . . . the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak

—— Australian Woman's Weekly

Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness

—— Woman and Home

A haunting story peopled with characters you care about

—— Choice Magazine

Lyrical . . . Stedman’s debut signals a career certain to deliver future treasures

—— People

Stunning and memorable

—— Booklist

Heart-wrenching

—— Publisher's Weekly

Exquisite

—— Kirkus

Delicate and imaginative . . . beautifully written . . . deserves every single bit of its success

—— Scotsman

Like a lighthouse, [The Light Between Oceans] shines a light in dark places, and its emotional resonance will stay with you for days

—— Irish Examiner

A thought-provoking debut novel . . . this beautifully delineated tale of love and loss, right and wrong, and what we will do for the happiness of those most dear to us, is moving without being maudlin

—— Boston Globe

An extraordinary and heart-rending book about good people, tragic decisions, and the beauty found in each of them

—— Markus Zusak, author of THE BOOK THIEF

Mesmerising...the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak.

—— Women's Weekly

The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts, at first feeling slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between words, Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon.

—— Sydney Morning Herald

Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness

—— Woman and Home

A description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love, through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances.

—— Daily Mail

The characters are beautifully drawn...A completely unique read. ****

—— Heat Magazine

Book of the Week. Critics are buzzing about The Light Between Oceans, the gripping debut from M L Stedman.

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